Energy flow

What is an example of a decomposer?

• Plum
• Mushroom
• Deer
• Bird

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Which of the following types of organisms would benefit most directly from the products of decomposer organisms?

• Decomposers
• Primary consumers
• Secondary consumers
• Producers

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Oxygen is released into the air by

• The sun
• Animals
• Volcanoes
• Plants

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Which organism is likely to be at the beginning of a food chain for a pond?

• Sunfish
• Freshwater shrimp
• Paramecium
• Green Algae

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Which of these best explains why predators need plants, such as grass, in their ecosystem?

• Plants are a large part of their diets
• Plants provide safety for predators
• Plants break down the organisms that the predators eat
• Plants provide food for their animals that the predators eat

What is indicated by the diagram?

• Food web
• Food chain
• Food map
• Food menu

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What do the arrows indicate in a food web?

• What eats what
• Where the energy is being transferred
• How the animals are related

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Suppose that a llama is hit by a truck and dies. Where will most of the biological matter in the llama go next?

• To top level predatory animals
• To the soil to be used by plants
• To first order consumers that might eat the llama
• To microorganisms that decompose and recycle matter

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An organism that eats both plants and animals are know as a 

• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Herbivore
• Decomposer

Carbon from the environment becomes a part of living organisms when sugar molecules are returned and broken down to release energy and oxygen. This process would be described as

• Photosynthesis
• Cellular respiration
• Transpiration
• Decomposition

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